Edward Rath III

Edward Rath III (Republican Party) is a member of the New York State Senate, representing District 61. He assumed office on January 1, 2021. His current term ends on January 1, 2023.

Rath (Republican Party, Conservative Party) is running for re-election to the New York State Senate to represent District 61. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 8, 2022. He advanced from the Republican primary on August 23, 2022. He advanced from the Conservative Party primary on August 23, 2022.

Biography[edit]

Edward Rath III was born in Amherst, New York, and lives in Williamsville, New York. Rath graduated from Nichols School of Buffalo. He earned a degree in political science from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from Canisius College in 2005.^[1]

Committee assignments[edit]

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2021-2022

Rath was assigned to the following committees:

Budget and Revenue Committee
Cities 2 Committee
Elections Committee, Ranking member
Senate Health Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Local Government Committee, Ranking member

Elections[edit]

2022[edit]

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 61

Incumbent Sean Ryan and incumbent Edward Rath III are running in the general election for New York State Senate District 61 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate
		Sean Ryan (D / Working Families Party)
		Edward Rath III (R / Conservative Party)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61

Incumbent Sean Ryan defeated Benjamin Carlisle in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61 on August 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sean Ryan	86.1	10,975
	Benjamin Carlisle	13.5	1,719
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	53

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 12,747
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ryan Rooney (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for New York State Senate District 61

Incumbent Edward Rath III defeated Joel Giambra (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 61 on August 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Edward Rath III	78.2	3,621
	Joel Giambra (Unofficially withdrew)	20.7	961
	Other/Write-in votes	1.1	50

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 4,632
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joseph Totaro (R)

Conservative Party primary election

Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 61

Incumbent Edward Rath III defeated Joel Giambra (Unofficially withdrew) in the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 61 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Edward Rath III
		Joel Giambra (Unofficially withdrew)

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Working Families Party primary election

The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Sean Ryan advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

2020[edit]

General election

General election for New York State Senate District 61

Edward Rath III defeated Jacqualine Berger in the general election for New York State Senate District 61 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Edward Rath III (R / Conservative Party / Serve America Movement Party / Independence Party)	53.8	79,454
	Jacqualine Berger (D)	46.2	68,224
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	131

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 147,809
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61

Jacqualine Berger defeated Kim Smith and Joan Seamans in the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 61 on June 23, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jacqualine Berger	38.6	9,386
	Kim Smith	37.9	9,232
	Joan Seamans	22.9	5,577
	Other/Write-in votes	0.5	133

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,328
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Conservative Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Independence Party primary election

Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 61

Edward Rath III defeated Andrew Gruszka in the Independence Party primary for New York State Senate District 61 on June 23, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Edward Rath III	70.2	1,003
	Andrew Gruszka	27.8	397
	Other/Write-in votes	2.0	28

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,428
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Adam Massaro (Independence Party)

Serve America Movement Party primary election

The Serve America Movement Party primary election was canceled. Edward Rath III advanced from the Serve America Movement Party primary for New York State Senate District 61.

Working Families Party primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brian Curran (Working Families Party)

2019[edit]

General election

General election for Erie County Legislature District 6

Incumbent Edward Rath III defeated William Freeman in the general election for Erie County Legislature District 6 on November 5, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Edward Rath III (R)	64.6	13,401
	William Freeman (D)	35.4	7,345

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,746
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. William Freeman advanced from the Democratic primary for Erie County Legislature District 6.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Edward Rath III advanced from the Republican primary for Erie County Legislature District 6.

2017[edit]

See also: Municipal elections in Erie County, New York (2017)

Erie County in New York held a general election for county officials on November 7, 2017. A primary election was held on September 12, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates in this election was July 13, 2017. All 11 county legislators were up for election, as well as the county clerk, sheriff, and comptroller.^[2]

Incumbent Edward Rath III (Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform) ran unopposed in the Erie County Legislature, District 6 general election.^[3]

Erie County Legislature, District 6 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform	Edward Rath III Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	15,549
Total Votes				15,549
Source: Erie County, NY, Board of Elections, "Erie County Races, Official Tally of Election Results," accessed December 18, 2017